| Show YANKS ANKS BECOME THREAT TO LEADERS LEADERS' Fight To Maintain r Slim Margin By LESLIE AVERY AVERT United Tress Press Sports Writer N NEW NV V YORK May 1 The Tho Tho New NewYork York Yank Yankees ca today stood as sole aole pretenders to the throne atop the American league league- now occupied d b by bythe the th Boston Red Sox Only one half game out of first pace ace as aa a result of oC crushing crushing- the Cleveland Indians three straight tho Yankees stand tand a good chance V of f taking the the- lead In the tho next live five days ays Play Low Clubs Club the seventh se place They engage White Whito Sox in a pair of ot games games and tho last place St. St Louis Browns in three while the Red Sox Sax have o to q light off the Indians and the Detroit Tigers In their current winning streak streak- even seven of ot eight the eight the Yan Yankees ees have pounded rounded out 96 hits for 57 runs while their opponents converted 64 hIts into only 32 runs New York pitching also is on the upgrade p f Gomez Gome Ruffing Buffing and Pearson are at atthe the top tori of ot their games In ln the th last las three games pitched pItch by this trio trio opposing batters batter made only 11 hits hils for a total of four runs Five pitchers contributed to the Yankee streak Gomez and Buffing Ruffing winning two each while Broaca Hadley and Pearson were triumphant triumph triumph- nt ant once each cacho Pearson limited the Indians Indiana yesterday yesterday yes- yes I to four hits while the Yanks pounded out an 8 1 victory Four errors ferror ten walks and ten hits were combined for New Yorks York's tallies Win in Third Tho m Boston Red Sox maintained their half game margin over the Yanks b by winning their third straight over over tho the Chicago White ox o. o 16 Chicago executed the second triple play of the major league season in tho the eighth when McNair lined to Appling with two men men on base Appling threw to Piet who stepped on s second ond and threw to 10 Bonura who completed cd tho the play Injuries continued to the Detroit Tigers as they lost 8 7 t to the Washington ashington Senators Connie Macks Mack's Athletics won on their third straight from tho the St. St Louis Browns 8 12 in a free freo slugging b battle tUc Summary A AMERICAN LEAGUE n. n RHE H. H E E. Detroit 42 7 10 0 W 8 80 30 6 Batteries Batteries e ae and C Coch Coch- Zan tant a w Russell u Cop Cop- pola oI LInk Linke and Bolton Horne Home runs runs None Triple TrIples D Detroit De Dr troll troit Mil Washington Doubles Gehr- Gehr Hayworth Detroit m S Mm J Tram Travis io Runs batted d In InGe In- In Ge B Burns De Detroit troll troit N Mile f. f Bolton nolton Ku l po Powell Lewi Washington Errors Travis Errors Travis 2 Kunel Kuhet 2 Washington Strikeouts LAwon 1 1 Newsom 1 1 KImsey 1 Hits flu flu- oft Off Lawson 7 KInsey n 1 Newsom 7 7 Russell Rue Rus tw sell RH r 1 1 Coppola 1 1 D. D Link LInk 1 Winning pitcher pitcher Lluke Losing pitcher pitcher R. R tIfE II U. E E. eland CIe 1 1 4 4 New York S S 10 1 Batteries Allen and Pearson and ad d Dickey Home llomo run Cle Cleveland eland Triple Triple Dicke Dickey New York Yot Double Double Chapman New York Runs Buns batted bl In In 2 Dickey Chapman Selkirk Errors Knickerbocker Trosky 2 A Cleveland Rolfe Belle New York Allen Allen 3 5 Pearson 4 Galhouse 2 lilts Off Off Allen AUen 9 Galehouse 1 lInar lInarO O 0 Losing pitcher pitcher R. R H. H ESt E E. St St. t. t Tx Loule 8 S 11 3 Philadelphia lOx 12 lOx 12 14 4 Batteries Batteries Cain Caldwell CaIdwell Thomas Me Me- oli ott Kno Knott t and Hemle Matuzak Matu- Matu atu rak zak I I and Hayes Home o runs runs dJ None r aT Triples Triples l Peters Pe reo Pe- Pe Philadelphia Doubles BeU B U Soften Bottomley St. St Louis Philadel phia phin Runs Ran batted In tn Lary Lary 2 Hemsley Sellers le Bell 2 2 St. St Louis Pinney Pin Pin- tg II Jh ney 2 J Johnson 2 2 2 P Peters Peteri N New New- eone 11 4 Ua es Philadelphia Errors Errors Sol Bol ten 2 Lary SL St Loul Louis u Motes I w m Philadelphia IJ r Strikeouts Strike outs out out CaIn Cain Jn 2 2 Caldwell 1 1 Thomas Thomai 1 1 Knott 2 2 Matuzak Matuza 2 2 Deitrich 3 Hits Off Hits Off Cain 4 Caldwell CAidwell 6 6 Thomas Thoma 2 Meola 2 Knott 0 0 Matuzak 6 6 5 Kelley lee aO 0 W Winning In pitcher pitcher o I pitcher pitcher Cain P R. R JL IL E. E 4 13 IT 3 Bo Booton ton 16 16 18 2 Batteries Tietje Brown I and Sewell Grube Gru e ei Cascarella Wilson Wil WU- son and d R R B. Ferrell Homo Home runs run mug None Triples McNair Triples Boson Boon Doubles Doubles Stumpf Stumpf Haas Huu o Cramer 2 McNaIr Wison Wion Boston HOlton Runs Run batted In th-Stumpf th Stumpf 3 leb 5 5 S Wilson 2 McNair 2 2 R. R Ferrell e l. l r. Errors i ilet Dyke Brown i Chicago McNair Boston BOlton Strikeouts Tietje 2 2 1 I lleon 6 s Hits Ott Off Whitehead 4 4 5 Brown 4 4 ChelinI 6 5 S. S Ca carell 4 4 Wilson Wilton D. D Winning pitcher cher caw WIlon pitcher pitcher he Ie ef |
